The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-04
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

| EIGHTEEN persons have been executed since
| 1875 on st. Louis gallows, which are now in
| such a dilapidated condition that the authori-
| ties ask that new ones be provided for the next
| hanging.
ALMOST all the young men for ten miles
| around Centralia, OIo.,) have joined the Mother
| Hubbard Brigade, which will give a grand
parade this evening just before the fireworks.
! All viii be masked.
LAST YEAR Los Angeles county, Cal. was as
sessed at 100000. This year, it is said. the
assessment will be S140,O0O,OOO To nay taxes
| on such an assessment will bankrupt some of
| the big landlords and force small Spectators
| out OF the market.
| AT Lapeer, Mich, they strew bread smeare
| with poisoned butter about the sire cts for the
purpose of getting away with unwary dogs
The dogs don't take to it half so readily as the
| children, however, and child-muzzling ordi-
| nance is talked of.
A sToREKEEPER In Providence, Or. L. who had
missed sums from his money-drawer, placed
detective on duty and the latter on Tuesday
night caught uniformed police officer, who
gained access to the store by means of a false
Key, IN the act OF emptying the till.
THE Boston Post brags that that city has
tailor named Bodkin, and the Buffalo Courier
| not to be outdone declares that Buffalo has a
oaKer named Ovens, and a coal dealer of the
name of Burns New York has a baker named
Beaupaln and restaurateur named A. LaSarte.
THE project to lay a trans Pacific cable, con-
Meeting Australia and Vancouver, B. c., will, if
successful according to prime mover in the
scheme, reduce the tariff between London, Eng.
and Australia from Csc. to &c per word It is
calculated that the total cost of the cable will
be Sl0,0O0,O00
AN obstinate st. Louis citizen was arrested
and bailed out six times on Sunday before he
finally decided to obey the law against Sunday
liquor selling. After the fifth arrest he dis
pensed the beverage with closed DOORS but the
news reached the police officials ears, who
forced an entrance and again took him into
custody.
FEW DAYS AGO DR.. C. H. Stubbs, of Wake
| field, Lancaster, county, Pa, an another man
were standing in a barn door during a rain
storm. hat blew off and DR., Stubbs went out
20 get 1t. As he stopped to pick it up a large,
forked limb was blown from the tree and fell
down over his body the branches of the fork
entering the ground on either side and pinniDg
MIN fast TO the earth, but without injuring him.
THE daughter of a Durham miner sent pair
of stockings to the Queen knitted by herself.
She had boarded up her savings, done her work
neatly and was reioiced when a letter from the
home office said her handiwork had been sent
to Windsor, but her loyal enthusiasm was
dashed by letter from Sir Henry Ponsonby,
saying that the Queen, while grateful for her
Kind expressions, was compelled to return the
stockings.
LYNN JONES, Benton Harbor (9Iich) lad of
only Is years, has constructed canoe - feet
long, with covered ends, mast and SAIL which is
a marvel of strength and symmetry, consider
ing the youth of the builder. He had no in
structlOns save descriptions in book, and did
the work unaded, his own relatives being una
ware of his work until it was complete. The
canoe floats gracefully and swiftly and has
been much admired.
THE Waterbury american tells of an Episco-
pal clergyman of Connecticut who not long ago
insisted on officiating at funeral contrary to
the express wishes of all the persons interested
Inquiry revealed the fact that he had the can
onical right to do so, but he was severely cen
sured by all right-thinking persons for thus in
sisting on a bare technical right And one of
his own clerical brethren said that no man of
fine feeling would thus thrust himself where he
was not wanted. even if he had all the canons of
the church behind him.
Dr.. ED HERNDoN, of Fulton, Mo-, this spring
had on his farm three turkeys-two hens and a
gobbler. The two hens Matched out each a
large brood Of young ones, which they cared
for, while Mr.. Gobbler roasted in the top of a
high oak and was totally Indifferent as to the
young broods One of the hens died a couple of
weeks ago. and old COB took charge of the
brood; last week the other hen died, and now
old COB has charge of both flocks of young ones
which he strains himself to cover every night
and almost wears himself out scratching for
them during the day.
CHARLES BARNARD, the writer of stories, PLAYS
and scientific articles has gone to New Rochelle
to live in a cottage on the shores of the Sound
New Rochelle is only a short distance from
Larchmont, where Bronson Howard, the play
wright, has his summer home. The two gentle
men are friends, and the other day Mr.. Barnard
set forth in rowboat with his wife to call upon
the Towards. The time slipped away so rapidly
that their stay was prolonged till the tide went
out. They then discovered that their rowboat
,r..4,.aV .I...l1 h., a.
lemma; but Mr. Howard, who is certainly a
model host was equal to the occasion. Taking
off his shoes and stockings, and rolling his trou-
sers up above his knees, he waded into the cold
black mud and pushed the boat out into the
sound. There his guests reached it from another
point and rowed home, carrying in their minds
a vivid impression of the muddy legs of the
playwright as he retreated in good order to his
cottage.
C. w. SMITH First Vice President of the Atch-
ison. Topeka and Santa Fe railroad, is, accord
ing to the Chicago Mail, man of iron nerve.
When travelling the engineer has never been
known to pull his car too fast. When on the Ches-
apeake and Ohio, of which he was General Man
ager for several years, he had pet" engineer.
No other man ON the line could pilot him over
the road just to his satisfaction Over the Allie
gheny and Blue Ridge mountains they would
fairly fiy-thrOugh tunnels and cuts and over
hills they would sail at rate Of speed often
reaching sixty miles an hour. He has been in
almost a countless number of accidents during
his thirty odd years of railroad life, but he has
never received a scratch, Another one of his
freaks is his fancy for the number &c. That is
the number Of his private car, and is presuma-
bly, his 'mascotten number He never had car
with any other number but it failed TO give sat
isfaction. AT one time, it is said, when the 90
was in the shops undergoing repairs, he ven
tured out on the line in car Of another num-
Der, but il was smashed into splinters before it
had gone 200 miles from home.
SAYS a Galveston business man. ''The prohibi.
ton question has given rise TO more discussion
in Texas than any issue ever brought before the
people. Those in favor Of prohibition live prin-
cipally in the thickly populated counties in the
northern portion of the State, Dallas and Fort
Worth being the prohibition strongholds while
Galveston, San Antonio and FL Paso are opposed
To IT, Both sides are making vigorous cam
paign, and vast quantities of printed matter for
and against the amendment are distributed
throughout the State. The anti Prohibitionists
publish an illustrated paper in Dallas at the cost
of 5000 per month. and 10000 copies are dis
tributcd each issue. IL is generally reported in
Texas that the brewers and liquor men of St
Louis have sent large sums Of money into the
State to be used during the campaign, and the
Prohibitionists are equally liberal in expanding
money, so that the election will be stubbornly
contested on both Sides and the race will be
very close. Most of the leading business men of
Texas are opposed to prohibition, but il is said
that fully two-thirds of the newspapers in the
State are In favor Of il, and many leading men
are fighting on that side"
THE late Prof. Hermann, the magician, was